Yao Yanxin had no idea that the scumbag was in danger. After crying, she felt much better and went to sleep with Xiao Yan.
The next day, as soon as I woke up, Aunt Xu came to my door: "I heard you're moving to the county?"
Xiao Yan quickly brought out a stool for Aunt Xu to sit down: "I found a job at the county hospital and will be working in the county from now on. Yan Yan is too timid, and I don't feel comfortable leaving her to live in the village."
Aunt Xu had also heard about what happened last night: "Those damned people, they're always thinking of crooked ways, all they want is to find a woman to support them, have they no shame!"
"They've already lost face!" Xiao Yan sneered!
That's how it is in the countryside. Once a boy is born, people feel that he is their pillar of strength and will spoil him rotten in order to protect that pillar!
If you spoil someone to the point that they can't take care of themselves, then of course they can't support themselves. If their parents are still alive, they can barely manage to eat.
As a result, some elderly people do not live long, like Er Gouzi, who passed away before his parents could arrange a marriage for him.
Without wives or parents to support them, they can only be vagrants. The fact that they can get food is because the village is afraid they will starve to death; it's not because they are capable.
Such people spend their days thinking about extorting a woman and taking her home to support them.
But everyone in the surrounding villages knows each other. How could they possibly send their perfectly good daughter to raise a good-for-nothing and not get any benefits in return?
So he set his sights on Yao Yanxin, thinking that she was so weak that she wouldn't dare to fight back when she was being extorted. He didn't even consider that if Yao Yanxin really didn't fight back, why would she have ended up here?
After finishing their meal, Xiao Yan, Yao Yanxin, and Aunt Xu packed their things together. It is said that even a broken home is worth a fortune, and when they first arrived, they really only had a few thin clothes.
Unexpectedly, after more than ten years, they have accumulated so much stuff. Fortunately, they didn't take any kitchen utensils with them. Huang Shanshan had already said that everything in the kitchen, including the dishes, would be left for them to use.
The bedding can also be stored away in the closet. Last time, Yao Tongtong finally took out several batches of military green fabric and cotton, and they made several thick quilts so that they wouldn't have to bring the quilts with them.
We'll have to come back for food, so just bring the clothes you need.
Even so, they managed to collect five or six fertilizer bags. Aunt Xu looked at their thin arms and legs and asked, "Can you take them? We still need to pick some vegetables."
This is already the most streamlined amount. Xiao Yan sighed helplessly, "We have to take it even if we can't. We need these things recently, otherwise we won't be able to buy anything in the county without tickets."
Aunt Xu took the basket to pick vegetables: "Today you should hire an oxcart to help take everything to the station. Once you get there, you can slowly move everything home."
"I remember you said that the place you rented was not far from the station!"
As Xiao Yan tidied her things, she hummed in agreement: "It is very close. Auntie, if you come to the county next time, you must stay at my place for one night."
“That’s great. Your uncles used to have to make a round trip to the county in one day, which wore out their old bones. But what could they do if they didn’t come back? They couldn’t move an inch even if they had money without tickets.”
"Now it's great, we can stay at your place for one night, and there's even a stove to cook for us, so we don't have to eat dry rations. Next time they come, I'll have to save this vegetable garden for you!"
“From now on, whenever anyone goes to the county, I’ll ask them to bring some vegetables for you, so you can have some fresh vegetables to eat.”
Xiao Yan was touched: "Thank you in advance, Auntie. But what you said really reminded me that we should bring some of the vegetable seeds we saved with us this time."
"We can grow vegetables in the corner of that yard, so we won't have to fight over those wilted vegetables every day!"
"Of course we should grow our own if we can. Is the yard you rented very big?"
"The yard is quite spacious. It's the home of my former neighbor's mother-in-law. The old lady is getting old, and they plan to take her to the military area to live in retirement. But she's worried that the house will deteriorate if left unattended."
"They rented the house to me right after I arrived. It was just a coincidence. The couple was worried that I wouldn't be able to take care of the house while I was away from the county, so they even took me to the hospital and found me a job!"
"It's because you're capable. Otherwise, people would think you got in through connections. I've said before that you two are college students and it's impossible for you to stay in a poor, remote place like ours for too long."
"I don't want you to be settling down here for more than ten years. I thought you were going to retire here, but now you're leaving!"
"It's good to go out into the world. Others study so they can go out into the world. Unlike you, who study for so many years and then come here to suffer!"
There was no way to respond to that. If it weren't for the circumstances at the time, plus the issue of the child, they probably wouldn't have stayed in the countryside for so long.
Everything is in the past now, and there's no point in saying anything more.
When the oxcart was about to take them away, Aunt Xu was tearful and very reluctant to part. Even Aunt Xue came over: "You didn't even tell me you were leaving. These are steamed buns I just made. Take them as dry rations."
"You're so thoughtful, it's just that those two have too much stuff!"
Aunt Xue wrapped it in oil paper: "I know they must have brought a lot of things, so I wrapped it in oil paper. If you go at this time, you definitely won't be able to cook."
Xiao Yan and Yao Yanxin were so moved they almost cried: "Thank you, aunties. You've been helping us ever since we came here."
"If you need anything in the future, you can come to the county to find us. I'll write down the address for the Party Secretary. When you come to the county, we'll provide you with food and lodging!"
"It's good to have food and lodging provided, and it'll allow your aunt to go to the county for a visit and come back to brag about it. You two girls, you must be careful out there."
"At least here, we old bones can stand up for you. But outside, we don't have that kind of power!"
Aunt Xue said sadly, but Aunt Xu patted her on the shoulder and said, "The children are out there, we should hope they are doing well, so don't say such discouraging things!"
“We should visit them more often in the future, or we can go there someday and give all those who bullied them a piece of our minds, then no one will bully them anymore.”
This made everyone present laugh: "You're really something, aren't you? You're going to curse people all the way to the county!"
Aunt Xue was also full of fighting spirit: "Okay, when we're less busy in winter, we'll find some time to go over there, help them scold everyone until they're scared, and then we'll come back!"
It was indeed cold riding in the oxcart with the wind blowing, but Xiao Yan and Yao Tongjia felt warm inside, unlike when they escaped from Beijing before.
Having arrived here covered in grime, with a crying child and feeling wronged, I am now leaving to start a new journey in a new place.
Hoping for a good start!
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